Ugh, I have an acquaintance who does that with names because it's "fancier!" John becomes Johann, Alice becomes Elyse, Veronica becomes Veronique. She kept trying to call me "Marie Belle" not "Mary Beth" until I put my foot down and said my name was perfectly fine as it is and she had no right to change it.

Ugh, I have an acquaintance who does that with names because it's "fancier!" John becomes Johann, Alice becomes Elyse, Veronica becomes Veronique. She kept trying to call me "Marie Belle" not "Mary Beth" until I put my foot down and said my name was perfectly fine as it is and she had no right to change it.

Now she thinks I'm snobby.

SnarkyTraska would be tempted to respond to her as "Fluffy Wuffy Silly Fancy Princess Foo Foo Button Berry IX".

I'm sure I've had people roll their eyes at me when I insist on being called by my given name. Yes, I know it's a nickname of Ann(e) but not in my case. I don't care if people think it's too young for a woman my age and Ann is more mature. It's not my name! People have even said "Well it can be a nickname for your name!"

I have nothing against the name Ann(e) but I like my own name, thanks. I think it suits me and don't really care if people think it's a "little girl's name". There are plenty of famous adults named Annie. Annie Lennox, Annie Potts, Annie Leibovitz, to name a few.

Mind you it doesn't bother me when it's someone I don't know well but there have been people such as teachers or former friends, or co-irkers who knew me for years and still insisted on calling me Ann.

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Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars. You have a right to be here. Be cheerful, strive to be happy. -Desiderata

I'm sure I've had people roll their eyes at me when I insist on being called by my given name. Yes, I know it's a nickname of Ann(e) but not in my case. I don't care if people think it's too young for a woman my age and Ann is more mature. It's not my name! People have even said "Well it can be a nickname for your name!"

I have nothing against the name Ann(e) but I like my own name, thanks. I think it suits me and don't really care if people think it's a "little girl's name". There are plenty of famous adults named Annie. Annie Lennox, Annie Potts, Annie Leibovitz, to name a few.

Mind you it doesn't bother me when it's someone I don't know well but there have been people such as teachers or former friends, or co-irkers who knew me for years and still insisted on calling me Ann.

When my DH doesn't think things through. Today, for example. He was complaining this morning that we had too many leftovers from last week that were going to go bad quickly. So I said, okay, we'll have leftovers for dinner. We had four pieces of meatloaf, some mashed potatoes, and some pasta w/ meat sauce left over, as well as a couple chicken breasts. I figured we'd have the meatloaf for dinner, and we could have the pasta or the chicken for lunch. DH decided the chicken quote "looked suspicious" and threw it out. Then I hear him microwaving something for lunch. I look up, and he has all of the meatloaf and mashed potatoes on his plate! I said, "We were supposed to be having leftovers for dinner - what are you planning to have for dinner now?" He said, "I was going to have pasta!" (about enough for one person). I gave him a look and said, "Okay, so what am I going to have?". He stopped and said, "Oh, I hadn't gotten that far yet..." So now I have to figure out something to actually make for dinner tonight and it's driving me crazy! If we've discussed having leftovers for dinner and you proceed to toss or eat all our leftovers, it should not come as a surprise that I get upset with you for messing up our plans!

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I had two, both without a drop of anything. (Hey, it was the 70's. Natural births were in.) If you are screaming, you aren't pushing. And if you aren't pushing, guess what doesn't happen?

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Being cut off mid-sentence then given the cold shoulder when I don't respond to what was said to cut off me. Well, you obviously thought what I had to say wasn't important enough to finish saying so why should I bother to keep going?